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CVE-2009-2853: Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) e

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Wordpress before 2.8.3 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a direct request to (1) admin-footer.php, (2) edit-category-form.php, (3) edit-form-advanced.php, (4) edit-form-comment.php, (5) e

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
=0.71 or =0.72 or =0.711 or =1.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.2 or =1.2.1 or =1.2.2 or =1.5 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.1.3 or =1.5.2 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.3 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.9 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2 or =2.5 or =2.5.1 or =2.6 or =2.6.1 or =2.6.2 or =2.6.3 or =2.7 or =2.7.1 or =2.8 or =2.8.1 or =2.8.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 10.0
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 5% (91.8th percentile)
Published
2009-08-18
Source
nvd

References

CWE-264
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